Full text without ads Chapter 24 Li Yuan’s worries
A year and a half has passed since the last hunting in Luoyang. Li Yuan, who was originally appointed as the governor of Xingyang County, only served in Xingyang County for one year before being transferred to Loufan County as the governor. He was transferred from Kuanxiang, a densely populated and agriculturally developed county.
In northern counties where the population is small and food production is not high, this is undoubtedly a disguised form of demotion. (Full text e-book free download)
Li Yuan was also a little unhappy in his heart. He had done nothing wrong and had no shortcomings in political performance. He was transferred for no reason. He also inquired about the reason through his connections in the capital, but the information he got was the Holy Emperor's intention.
This made Li Yuan secretly frightened. Why did the Holy One demote him? Is there any hidden reason behind this? He naturally thought of the Holy One's suppression of the Guanlong Group. In the past few years, the Holy One had suppressed the Guanlong Group silently. Originally,
More than 80% of the important officials in the imperial court are from the Guanlong Group, but now it has gradually dropped to less than 50%. On the contrary, the Shandong gentry has begun to gain power. The descendants of big families such as Pei, Cui, Zheng, and Wang are all over the imperial court and other places.
Li Yuan thought that he was also a member of the Guanlong Group, and his grandfather Li Hu was one of the Eight Pillars of Guanlong. Did the Holy One start to suppress him because of this?
In the past few months, Li Yuan felt a little uneasy, and his behavior became more restrained, fearing that Yang Guang would seize the opportunity to demote him. It was not until the news of Xiu Fenyang Palace came that he breathed a sigh of relief. At least he had a chance to perform.
, when Yu Wenkai began to lead his craftsmen to survey the terrain, he began to recruit civilians. Once the imperial edict was issued, he was the first prefect to respond and immediately put 30,000 civilians into the road construction work.
Fenyang Palace Supervisor is Yang Yuanqing, which makes Li Yuan secretly happy. At least they have a good relationship. Yang Yuanqing will take care of his difficulties and will not give him tasks that he cannot accomplish.
Li Yuanzong immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "General Yang, it's been a year and a half since we said goodbye to Luoyang. I didn't expect that we would meet again in Loufan County."
Yang Yuanqing returned the greeting and said with a smile: "I just arrived yesterday. I planned to visit Mr. Li tomorrow, but Mr. Li came in person. I'm really ashamed."
"Hey! This Fenyang Palace only has three months to complete. If it cannot be completed, General Yang will be the first to hold it accountable, and I, Li Yuan, will be the second to punish. I dare not fail to do my best!"
Li Yuan spoke very implicitly, and the implication was to tell Yang Yuanqing that they were grasshoppers on the same rope, and their fates were closely related. This was also the purpose of his timely visit to Yang Yuanqing today, to establish a good cooperative relationship.
Yang Yuanqing smiled. He understood what Li Yuan meant. He also learned more detailed information from Feng Deyi on the way. Although the palace supervisor has a heavy responsibility, he also has great power. He can mobilize the manpower and material resources of the five surrounding counties.
, the official careers of the officials in the five counties were also in his hands. He could impeach the local officials for any reason. This kind of impeachment for building palaces was extremely sharp, and he would be demoted nine times out of ten. As a landlord, Li Yuan had to try his best to maintain a good relationship with Yang Yuanqing.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing suddenly saw Chai Shao behind Li Yuan. Chai Shao was originally a bodyguard of Prince Yang Zhao. Why is he here?
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Yang Yuanqing called him "General Chai", which made Chai Shao very embarrassed. He blushed and bowed before saluting, "General Yang, I have been transferred to Loufan County to serve as a military official."
Li Yuan also laughed and said: "Chai Canjun is also my son-in-law now. It turns out that General Yang knows him."
No wonder Chai Shao became Li Yuan's son-in-law. There was such a close relationship. Chai Shao, like most young talents in the Sui Dynasty, also came from a family of generals. His father Chai Shen was Yang Guang's right-hand man in the East Palace when he was the crown prince.
Nei Lian, the Duke of Julu County, is the general in charge of the East Palace Army. He is currently the general of the guard of the right prison. He has a high and powerful position. That's why Li Yuan promised his third daughter to Chai Shao. In fact, it is also a marriage of interests between the clans.
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"I met him at the Prince's Mansion back then. Congratulations to Prefect Li for getting such a good son-in-law."
At this time, Li Jiancheng also stepped forward and saluted Yang Yuanqing, "See General Yang!"
Li Jiancheng did not hold an official position. He worked for his father. He was an assistant historian under the prefect and was responsible for encouraging students in Loufan County. He was also regarded as his father's personal official.
"I heard that brother Jiancheng is now a father, congratulations!"
Li Jiancheng gave birth to a son last year, which was a major event for the Li family. It spread throughout the civil and military circles of the court. Empress Xiao even sent people to send congratulatory gifts. Even Yang Yuanqing in Wuyuan County heard about it.
"I also wish General Yang to get married soon and have a son soon."
"Haha! Thank you, thank you!"
After everyone finished their greetings, Li Yuan stepped forward and whispered: "General Yang, I have a few words. I would like to talk to the general in private. Is it convenient for you?"
"Li Shijun, please!"
Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and the two of them walked slowly along the construction site road.
"The population of Loufan County is sparse. Last year, when the Great Wall was built, two households in Loufan County were given a cent, which resulted in 50,000 civilians. In the end, only a little more than half came back, and their vitality was severely damaged. This time, the Holy Spirit will build Fenyang Palace again and give Loufan
The quota for Fanjun County is 30,000 civilian husbands. This is an average of one and a half per household, which is already the limit. I am very worried that the misfortune of building the Great Wall last year will happen again. If that happens, Loufan County will be finished. General Yang, I really
I hope that 90% of the people who built Fenyang Palace will survive."
Li Yuan sighed. In the past two years, the Holy Emperor has continued to carry out large-scale fortifications, and at least 30% to 40% of the people died. If half of the civilians died during the construction of Fenyang Palace this time, there would be no strong men in Loufan County.
Yang Yuanqing was also thinking about this matter. He heard Feng Deyi say carefully on the road that a large number of people died in the construction of fortifications. First, the time was too tight, and they had to do hard work for ten hours a day. At the same time, the army and officials were doing whatever they wanted.
Food was withheld, and the people could only eat one meal. They were hungry, cold, tired, and forced to do heavy work even after falling ill. Therefore, the death rate among workers was particularly serious.
"Li Shijun, time is tight and I don't think I can do anything about it. It will take at least a month to build the road, and then go up the mountain to build the palace. I am worried that it will not be enough in two months, so I can only try not to deduct food and let the people eat.
, if you are sick, you can rest for two days, and it is estimated that eight people will survive."
Li Yuan smiled bitterly. The food to the people was usually distributed together with the army who oversaw the work. It was controlled by the army and could not be controlled by the local government. Otherwise, he would not have come to Yang Yuanqing.
"Why, are there any difficulties?" Yang Yuanqing saw the wry smile on Li Yuan's face.
"General Yang, do you remember Yuan Zhou?"
Yang Yuanqing nodded. He remembered that he was the younger brother of Yuan Shou, the minister of Taifu Temple. He once served as General Youwei and was killed together with He Ruobi in the fourth year of Renshou. Because of this, the Yuan family has always regarded Yang Yuanqing as a mortal enemy, but Yang Yuanqing was
The Holy Family, the Yuan family is no longer as prosperous as it once was. They dare not make any move openly, but they make small moves secretly. For example, Xia Houyan teased Pei Minqiu last time, which is said to be related to Yuan Shou's two sons.
"What does it have to do with Yuan Zhou?"
As soon as Yang Yuanqing finished speaking, he heard a violent roar from the front, "How dare you pretend to be sick for me, drag me down and behead him, and show your head to the public!"
I saw an officer dozens of steps ahead. He was about thirty-four or five years old, tall and tall, with eyebrows as rough as brushes and an unusually fierce appearance. He was beating several civilians with a riding crop.
Li Yuan sighed, "It's him, Yuan Shangying, the son of Yuan Zhou, General Ying Yang, who is responsible for the supervision of the construction of Fenyang Palace."
Although Yang Yuanqing also brought two thousand supervisory soldiers, their responsibilities were actually more focused on supervision, supervising officials and craftsmen, and urging local governments to provide money, people, and materials. However, civilian supervision was the responsibility of the local military government, and Loufan County
There were more than 6,000 people stationed in five military mansions, and the Ministry of War transferred 3,000 of them to supervise the work. Yuan Shangying was a descendant of the Yuan family, so he got this lucrative job, and he was fully responsible for supervising the work.
There was a man lying on the ground, his clothes were in tatters, his face was full of illness, and he was dying. Dozens of civilians were kneeling beside him, pleading.
"Master, Cao Wulang got sick while building the Great Wall last year and has never recovered. This time he was recruited again. He really can't stand it anymore. He's not pretending to be sick and begging Master to spare them."
Yuan Shangying was so angry that he whipped the peasants over their heads and faces with a whip, "Whoever dares to plead for mercy will be chopped off together!"
The more than 20 soldiers behind him also beat the civilian husband with sticks, beating dozens of civilian workers who were begging for mercy until they rolled all over the ground. Two soldiers dragged the sick civilian husband's feet into the grass, and one of the soldiers laughed ferociously.
, drew out the knife, raised it high, and slashed at the civilian husband's neck.
At this moment, an arrow shot out, piercing the soldier's wrist. The soldier screamed, and the sword "clanged!" fell to the ground.
The sudden change shocked Yuan Shangying's soldiers. They retreated one after another and surrounded Yuan Shangying. Yuan Shangying was furious at first. When he saw the shooter clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank into a thin line.
"It's you, Yang Yuanqing!"
The arrow was not shot by Yang Yuanqing, but by Yang Sanlang, a subordinate of Yang Yuanqing. If Yang Yuanqing had shot it, he would not have survived.
Yang Yuanqing urged his horse forward and smiled faintly: "General Yuan, do you know me?"
Yuan Shangying was once Qianniu Beishen beside King Qi, and he had met Yang Yuanqing many times. He also knew that Yang Yuanqing was directly related to the death of his father, and could be said to be his father-killing enemy.
"Prince Yang, what do you mean?"
Yuan Shangying pointed to his injured soldier and said coldly: "Have I offended you?"
Yang Yuanqing looked back at Li Yuan, pretending to be puzzled and said: "Li Taishou said that someone was killing someone here and asked me to come and stop it. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be General Yuan's people who were killing people and making a show. It seems that I misunderstood.
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Li Yuan's face suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment. He did not expect that Yang Yuanqing would handle the problem in this way, using violence to stop violence. He did not expect that Yang Yuanqing would drag him in, making it difficult for him to stay out of the matter.
Although Yuan Shangying is also a garrison in Loufan County, he is directly under the Ministry of War and has nothing to do with him as the prefect. Moreover, they are both Guanlong nobles and usually have a good relationship. He originally wanted to use Yang Yuanqing to deal with him.
Yuan Shangying did not expect that Yang Yuanqing's understatement would put him in an embarrassing situation.
At this time, dozens of civilians recognized Li Yuan and immediately knelt down in front of him and begged, "Prefect Li, save us! Cao Wulang did not pretend to be ill. He is really in poor health and he can't bear it anymore."
Hundreds of people around him knelt down and cried. These were all people from Loufan County, and Li Yuan was their father-in-law. Li Yuan had no choice but to step forward and say to Yuan Shangying, "General Yuan,
Give me some face and spare this civilian husband!"
Yuan Shangying was a martial artist with a violent and ferocious personality. When he saw Li Yuan coming with Yang Yuanqing, he felt uncomfortable for a long time. At this time, Li Yuan begged him and he rolled his eyes. Why not take this opportunity to give Yang Yuanqing a blow?
He sneered, pointed at his injured soldier, and said viciously: "I will give you face, but who will give me face?"
He pointed his riding whip at the man lying in the grass and shouted to his subordinates: "Behead him and show his head to the public!"
More than two dozen soldiers drew their swords and rushed towards the civilian man lying in the grass. At this moment, Yang Yuanqing took off his bow and arrow, opened the bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow with strong power. The leading soldier screamed,
The long arrow penetrated his brain and he died on the spot!
No one thought that Yang Yuanqing would dare to kill the soldiers. The two dozen soldiers were stunned, and even Yuan Shangying was stunned. He looked at Yang Yuanqing in disbelief. No one had ever dared to kill the supervisor soldiers.
Yang Yuanqing gave an order to the nine iron guards on the left and right, "Kill me!"
The nine iron guards rushed forward with swords drawn. All of them were highly skilled in martial arts and unstoppable. In an instant, seven or eight of Yuan Shangying's soldiers were cut down, and there were screams.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Yuan Shangying turned his horse and fled. The remaining dozen soldiers also ran away. Yang Yuanqing looked at his back and sneered, wondering who was giving him the power?
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